Strong’s G2087 · Greek

ἕτερος
héteros

Definition

(an-, the) other or different

Etymology

of uncertain affinity;

Where the KJV renders it

  • altered
  • else
  • next (day)
  • one
  • (an-)other
  • some
  • strange

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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